Chinese government disputes Register story

We are Y2K compliant, says Kim Tschang-sup -- hmmm, says The Register

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Despite our confident prediction that last Thursday would see a 737 plane crash as the kamikaze Chinese and Korean governments tested millennium bug compliance, officials have claimed otherwise. "We hereby declare the aviation systems of Korea and China Y2K-compliant after a successful joint test flight," said Chinese director-general for civil aviation Kim Tschang-sup. According to Kim, their systems, including radar tracking equipment, instrument landing systems and flight information systems, were all fine. Yoon Byung-in, vice president of Asiana Airlines, went further: "This successful joint simulation testing has confirmed that Korea is one of the most Y2K-prepared countries in the world." Well, thank Gawd for that. However, out of stubbornness, we offer the following scenarios:

There was no date change - where's the documentary evidence?

The pilots just changed their wrist watches, and nothing happened

The real planes, elsewhere in the area, crashed and a vast cover-up has ensued (more likely than some Diana or JFK theories)

The tricky devils used the Far East equivalent to Spitfires, with no electronics on board

The pilots, fearful of their lives, chickened out, didn't change the clock and then lied to the authorities when they touched down.

It's all academic anyway. There's only a month to go before the hideous truth is laid bare. ®